Quote Originally Posted by ragingpup View Post
Sorry mate. You're not having it all your own way. I'll continue to support the Leave vote as long as the outcome is satisfactory and represents the wishes of the democratic majority of the country.

We could and should have been clearer with the vote stating that we will leave the EU on wto terms so that the vote was clear.

The o boy problem is that if it had been framed in this way, the vote would have been majority for remain, probably by over 65%. We could do this now, but you know as well as I do that if framed that way, the majority would be clearly for remain. And you would lose brexit altogether.

So we need a compromise that will speak for the majority of were going to move forward. I hope that parliament can find that with amendments to the agreed deal. But you will have to compromise some also on no deal because it isn't the democratic will and Parliament knows this. A reminder, the WA IS leaving the EU once the backdrop is solved. I'm sorry that so many of you don't like those terms but it is a compromise, one that I don't like, sticks in the craw, but it's better than no deal or revoke in my opinion. That may take many years (to solve the backstop) but I agree with Kerr that the WA is not a great deal for the EU either, and I think they will move to allow the WA to complete ASAP.
Is the 65% figure a product of your imagination, or is there science behind it?

The EU has been clear that the Withdrawal Agreement will not be reopened. Whether that might happen if a new PM wisely puts no deal back on the table, I don't know, but I wouldn't bet on it. Labour spent weeks demanding changes to the Political Declaration that they knew May could not give them and which were meaningless in any event, given that it isn’t a binding document.

As for ‘however long it takes’ , we have until 31st October for certain, after that you will be in the hands of an increasingly frustrated and impatient group of 27 countries, with a fair chance that France, Belgium and Spain will say ‘no’.

My guess is that you will see the EU agreeing to amend the Political Declaration to put a time limit on the backstop, provide that there is a clear indication that would get the WA through Parliament.